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pheomelanogenesis

pheomelanogenesis noun: the formation of pheomelanin by living cells.

Noun

pheomelanogenesis (uncountable)

  1. The formation of pheomelanin by living cells

Origin of pheomelanogenesis

From pheo- + melanogenesis.

Questions about pheomelanogenesis

What does pheomelanogenesis mean?
Pheomelanogenesis means the formation of pheomelanin by living cells.
What part of speech is pheomelanogenesis?
Pheomelanogenesis is a noun.

Words near pheomelanogenesis in the dictionary

  1. pheochromocytomectomy
  2. pheochromytoma
  3. pheomelanic
  4. pheomelanin
  5. pheomelanins
  6. pheomelanogenesis
  7. pheomelanogenic
  8. pheomelanosome
  9. pheomelanosomes
  10. pheon
  11. Pheona

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